Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-18
SOUTHW rSr FLO IDA.
Barlow, tho Qnccg OF F"'k-Tampa's
WnnhrI full GROW n.

SOUTH w ST FLO ilD \.
Barlow, tho QuccH OF i'olk-iampa's
wonder ful Grow h.
soUTH FLORIDA, Jan. II Barlow, the
AOu-. n OF po.k," - unquestlOnaDiy on
boom. Itlsa ''solid" pace, and Is now
having a regular boom. New buildings
are going up and tue demand is good for
residences. in one thing De real estate
owners are sens. bic: tnrY d. not AK
Gsca,e" prices tor land. They prefer 70
sell al arar tgure and let tueIr y ont ne
made ly the general prosperity 81 u
..r,lac4 adding Vsuue t. n ir holdings
Father than frightening of "oul1-oe pur'
cbasers By high rates. This is sensible,
ard some o her towns should pattern
fbeteirum. The section INN dlate
around l. settling up very last. and d m
dIcatIons point 10 rel pa grown IoI Oar
TOW tne present wear,
~. Travel south Of here has been large
This season already, AS great curiosity
a manifested in regard 10 The bltae o al
mos unknown region lying sout0 OF tuis
poipf. One iargr city ls already plated
on. south Of the Trrbue, and is o"ners
assured ne NEWS man that this section
was a maguinceLt one.
sTpe Informant in the able hands OF
Messrs. Hanson & SeesIoi S, is doing % d
VOL for tne town. They beth are rdcti-
ca newspaper men and understand what
the publ equire.
Tue County Comm issJoners have CON-
Z blned wit-tue rat estate men Had they
f5g1pnee Issuing 80 90 copies Of 4O-page
pamnhiet. devoted TO the interests VI
Pelk.
s1 Oranqes have been shipped to large
exc, l. DGt many tre-s rtEut around mere
q ladAp fbZ iHEc
Ep,t s''''
gIhis is essentially a dry town. Tenn
x,kraBce Las tie upper hand and viii con-
1fnu- 10 have il iUr many yetrs, q ubile-s.
Freight shipments are heavy. aud The
incoming Trans are well laden. Tue
naAn MERGE OF tnIs town amounts 10 very
Isugr rum annually.
MaAegelaO rs are now going forward from
HIssIn. NEE In large quantities, and good
prices y iii probably be realIz.d.
TAMPA.
The Tampa OF i've years ago and the
present live Town present very TAR Illu--
ITation OF the great and unparalleled
growth OF tine Land Of Flowers" and es-
peciaily lbis pnruOu. In 1881 Tue popu-
IatiOn was only some 100 - 30, aud De-
fore tue advent OF the IA I'd 50 ne ar
row (nos wide) gaug-"- b. >outl Foe
ida "a lroad-tue place VA d m 81 ~ OF
the world. But What a d fereucel To-day
a live. tnrlfIHR, busting town, with IT.
magn ncent LOtels, brick and etOn- bus
mess b Ocks. natlO al OanA, pre- entiUus
priFa { residences, Win a large shipping
industry ana population OF probably
35JO AID viz IIs suburbs 90 or D UUU.
Ii 10 certainya vide jump and toe p 0.
Die here d. not cpusld- Luis even the
acme o. tueir desire. I0ey are reacnins
N M nd md ia hp - tIf
tili Tue. are 10 reality tue Savannah" OF
Flor da. stets are now BENZ taken 10 in
corpurat- he own. The general plan is
to lake IN Tampa, fDor CITY ana Norh
Tampa uuCer Que government. Inc I,
Will De ,iu @ mo I'VE wards. EacH
war; will EJECT It's aluern 40, and tour
RIll be elected al large, nakia1 lhe COuG-
ell niue, as at present. In,s will lake in
an area ol Out Jour miles SQUARE, H.
ciudlng BIZ Leland IN The bay d nd tx
tendInz tne tosn limits about one mile
west ui the rive~. IL will be a good step
and will esuit n benefit T. all.
Tue steamship Wal nry brought IN last
week lie y eIgn and mea ures or he Gus
tom house here. iitrrtuiOre all uu es uu
merchandise d stiued Tor this port we're
paid al Key West. Herealt th-y viii
be PAD uere-a very mpOrtant mater
for he merchants and business men 81
pldCcs ~ EiFc sbulE iucd VI LU~
dutie collected here. IL may be stat.d
that from May l. 1886 to Nov 10, 1886. h.
duties were over $4,000, representa-.
fuly Valu atom o, some $245. 90.
Much Is expected OF tue +. X. Il n.
railroad. whlCh wan come into town spnu
on tie East side. They will piUb b
trestle 10 BIZ Island, ana nave their dpchs
there, as twelve 10 thirteen teeL oil water
can he Obtained there easily.
Building is gong 1n cont unusly, and
the carpent y hammer and saw in ;e
ener-etlcally. If NOT mueica H., Win
the masons' trowel Mr.. Sparklnau 10
beginning to lay brick on his new hIick
block on Frankliu street, two stories
high; Mr. MarTlSsn's block will be three
stoI les; CIark, knight 81 Co., a d w. A.
Hol aker Will ESQ erect suns autiaI aud
handsome bucks. Hon. }. b Wall Will
soon buI an elegant blook also, near
the bank.
The Iamna newspapers certainly are
wIde-aw Ike and en-. r2etic. and work. ing
indela l.. abb, tor Tampa. The Jourua
with w. n. CunoIey "a edIi"r and }. {.
Cooper as e ytditOr, Is a new aspiranL
for public tavOr, tour numbers having
been Issued, and we shuu d judy tley
had struck lust toe right chord. IL well
edited. aud shows the uandiwork OF Gews
paper men. Nil G.. l., Billings, their gen.
erAi iOf' man, 10 tue 'tlkut man IN be
right place. Tue Tribune il busbInso",
as ever, brmlu Of news AID lacts re-
gardiny the interests OF this section. Ed
jLur Mills, Win CITY Eduor Harden,
makeja team. Bro ber Mills Is ever alt.e
10 the exigenci o the hour, and pro-
poses 10 irsue The Tribune az a sent
weekly hereafter. Success 10 them.
Tampa VIII BE- LIGHTED by eleciricity
soon, lOl now tuat those stlrriDL 2cntie-
men, Capt. }. T. Lesley, w. y. C"no!e,
and X. A. Jackson have Ia n tie matter
toto tbeir hands, &C rupany VIII b.
formed and The enterprise placed On a
business hASis soon.
The Tampa Courier, 8. A. Jones editor
and prop, ictor, Is ne la est IN the NV.
paper line. III. bright al ht.cpumn.
four-paged paper, and as Mr.. Jones has
lots Of e"ergy and vim, We may look tor
its continuance.
German american Inhibition.
BFRlIk Jan. l7-rhe Badische Landes